Garment-supporter.



vN0. 686,887; Patented Nov. l9', l90I. J. W. CONBUY.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

(Application filed Jul 15, 1901.

(llo Modal.)

witnes sesr Im rentor \n] 3 Attorney UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN W. OONBOY, OF HAMILTON, OHIO.

GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 686,887, dated November19, 1901. Application filed July 15, 1901. Serial No. 68,325- (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN W. OONBOY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Hamilton, Butler county, Ohio, (post-office address No. 828Buckeye street,Hamilton, Ohio,) have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Garment-Supporters, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention, pertaining to garment-supporters, relates to a clasp tobe attached to the waist-hem of the trousers upon the inner surface ofthe trousers and adapted to engage the hem at the waist of the drawersand prevent the drooping of the same.

While the device has been designed particularly with reference to thesupporting of drawers from the hem of the trousers, it is ob viouslyapplicable for other garmen t-supporting purposes.

The invention will be readily understood from the following description,taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is a perspective view of a portion of the waist-heme of the trousers anddrawers provided with my improved supporter or clasp; Fig. 2, a face andan edge View of the supporter or clasp detached from thegarm ent; Fig.3, a perspective View of the device detached from the garments; Fig. 4,an exterior face view of the supporter or clasp having attached to it abutton by means of which it may be united to the waist-hem of thetrousers; Fig. 5, an exterior face view of the supporter or claspillustrated as being formed of wire, the other figures illustrating thedevice as being formed of sheet metal; and Fig. 6, a perspective View ofthe supporter or clasp when provided with a safety-pin attachment as ameans for uniting it to the waist-hem of the trousers.

In the drawings, 1 indicates the waist-hem of the trousers; 2, thewaisthem of the drawers, which it is desired shall be supported ataboutthe sameheight as that of the trousers, the object of my inventionbeing to conveniently secure such support; 3, my improved supporter orclasp, the same being permanently or temporarily secured to the innersurface of the waist-hem of the trousers, preferably at positionscorresponding with those of the Suspender-buttons, so that the weight ofthe supported drawers is imposed with substantial directness upon thestraps of the suspenders, thus preventing the downward dragging of thehem of the trousers at points where such hem is unsupported by thesuspenders, my preference being that a pair of my supporters or claspsbe provided upon the waist-hem of the trousers, one at each side of thefront center of the same; 4, a button attached permanently ortemporarily to the waist-hem of the trousers and to the supporter orclasp, this button coming upon the outside of the hem of the trousersand serving as one of the suspender-buttons, Fig. 1 illustrating thisbutton as being sewed at once to the hem of the trousers and to the headof the supporter or clasp,wh ile Fig. 4 shows the button as beingpermanently secured, as by riveting or otherwise, to the head oftheclasp independent of the hem of the trousers; 5, the head or upperportion of the clasp, by means of which it is to be attached through themedium of the selected means to the hem of the trousers; 6, two prongsprojecting downwardly from the head of the supporter or clasp; 7, acentral prong projecting downwardly from the head of the supporter orclasp between the side prongs 6 and being deflected rcarwardlysomewhatout of the common vertical plane of the said prongs 6; 8,forwardly-projecting points or hooks at the lower extremities of theside prongs 6, the same being sharpened, so as to be adapted to griporpenetrate the fabric of the hem of the drawers, and 9 in Fig. 6 asafety-pin attachment provided upon the head of the supporter or claspand adapted to serve in lieu of sewing or a button as a means forsecuring the supporter or clasp to the hem of the trousers.

Referring to Fig. 1, let it be assumed that one of these clasps isprovided upon the inner surface of the hem of the trousers in theneighborhood, preferably, of one of the suspender-buttons at the rightand another one at the left, regardless of the means by which thesupporters or clasps are secured to the hem of the trousers so long asthe attachment is secure and leaves the prongs of the supporters orclasps free. The hem of the drawers is to be inserted upwardly againstthe rear face of the central prong 7 and against the front faces of theside prongs 6. Under those conditions the ordinary tangential andvertical strain upon the hem of the drawers causes the fabric of thedrawers to bear against the hooks 8 and cause the latter to penetratethe fabric. The drawers are thus satisfactorily supported. To detach thedrawers from the clasp, it is only necessary to press outwardly upon thefabric of the drawers near the hooks, thus unhooking them and permittingthe hem of the drawers to slip down out of engagement with the prongs ofthe clasp.

The clasp may be made of thin sheet metal, as illustrated in the generalfigures of the drawings, or it may beformed of wire, substantially asillustrated in Fig. 5. It is dc sirable that the clasp be as light aspossible consistent with strength. It is to be observed that in Figs. 2,3, 4, and 6 the central prong 7 has an opening in its center. Thisopening is a mere expedient for lessening the weight of the structure.

The clasp may, as heretofore stated, be either permanently ortemporarily affixed to the hem of the trousers, which may beaccomplished by sewing the head of the clasp to the trousers or byproviding the head of the clasp with abutton, either an ordinary buttonor a so-called bachelor-button, to engage a buttonhole in the hem of thetrousers or by providing the head of the clasp with a pin or analogousdevice by which it may be readily attached. In Fig. 1 I illustrate theclasp as sewed to the hem of the trousers by the same with the claspswhen ready for sale.

sewing which attached the button thereto. In such case the clasp wouldbe a permanent attachment of the trousers, and this is the planpreferably adopted for trousers provided Figs. 2, 3, and 5 illustratethe clasp as adapted for thus being sewed to the trousers either with orindependent of a button. Fig. 4 illustrates the clasp as having a button4 attached to it and adapted for engagement with a suitable buttonholein the hem of the trousers. Such butt-on may thus serve merely as themeans for attaching the clasp to the trousers,

- orit may, in addition, serveas one of the suspender-buttons. In Fig. 6I illustrate the head of the clasp as provided with a safetypinattachment, permitting the clasp to be affixed to the hem of thetrousers in an obvious manner.

The clasps, regardless of how they are affixed to the hem of thetrousers, may be at tached at any desired points around the body oraround the waist-hem of the trousers; but my preference is to attachthem at points corresponding with front Suspender-buttons upon thetrousers, thus causing the susponder-strap to give direct support to thedrawers and avoid the downward dragging of unsupported parts of the hemof the trousers. This may be done, as illustrated in Fig. 1, by securingthe clasp upon one of the suspender-buttons at one s ewing, or it maybedone by providing the trousers with buttonholes at the desired point tobe engaged by a button provided on the clasp, as shown in Fig. at, suchbutton serving to attach the clasp and to receive a suspender-strap.

When the device is used for the support of other garments than drawersor for supporting from other points of attachment than the hem of thedrawers, the manner of attachment and use will readily suggestthemselves to the user and may be fully comprehended in the instructionto attach the head of the clasp by any suitable means to the desiredpoint on the garment which is to provide the support and to engage theprongs of the clasp with a presenting edge of the garment which is to besupported.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a garment supporter, the combination,substantially as set forth, of a head adapted to be attached to theinner surface of the waist-hem of trousers, a pair of prongs projectingdownwardly from said head and adapted to engage the inner surface of thehem of the drawers, hooks or points provided upon the lower extremitiesof said prongs and adapted to penetrate the fabric of the drawers whenlaid against the face of said prongs, and a prong projecting downwardlyfrom said head between the first-mentioned prongs and adapted to pressthe fabric against said hooks or points when the fabric is under strain.

2. In a garment-supporter, the combination, substantially as set forth,of a head adapted to be attached to the inner surface of the Waist-hemof, trousers, a pair of prongs projecting downwardly from said head andadapted to engage the inner surface of the hem of the drawers, hooks orpoints provided upon the lower extremities of said prongs and adapted topenetrate the fabric of the drawers when laid against the face of saidprongs, and a prong projecting downwardly from said head between thefirst-mentioned prongs and deflected inwardly out of. the common planeof said first-mentioned prongs and adapted to press the fabric againstsaid hooks or points when the fabric is under strain.

3. In a garment'supporter, the combination, substantially as set forth,of a pair of substantially parallel prongs, hooks on the extremitiesthereof adapted to penetrate a fabric laid against the face of saidprongs, a third prong disposed substantially parallel with and havingsubstantially the same length as the first-mentioned pair of prongs andadapted to press the fabric against said hooks, and a head integrallyuniting said three prongs and adapted for attachment to the garmentwhich is to furnish the support.

JOHN W. CONBOY.

Witnesses:

JAMES W. SEE, .ELMER R. SHIPLEY.

